Michael Schroeder received a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and an M.M. in composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied with David Conte and Conrad Susa. As musical director of the Lawrence Pech Dance Company, Schroeder conducted the world premieres of Julia Adam’s Newton: Three Laws of Motion and Pech’s Chaverim. He has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus since 1995, and in February 2001 performed with them in Carnegie Hall. In February 2002, Mack McCray performed Schroeder’s Piano Suite as part of the Conservatory’s Faculty Artist Series. In May 2002, the University of California–Santa Cruz Chamber Singers performed a new work of his based on texts from Song of Solomon, commissioned by Nathaniel Berman. Song of Solomon received two additional performances in February 2005 by the chamber chorus Sacred and Profane, under the direction of Rebecca Seeman. Future projects include a work for the Conservatory’s New Music Ensemble under conductor Nicole Paiement for the ensemble and solo accordion, featuring soloist Krassimir Sterev.
Michael Schroeder can be contacted at 415.503.6267 or mds@sfcm.edu.
